Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

A. C. RICHARDSON.

HAME PASTBNER. Y No. 255,022. 'Patented Mar. 14.18822f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT C. RICHARDSON, OF SOUTH FRANKFORT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHRISTIAN C. MILLER, OF FRANKFORT, MICHIGAN.

HAME-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,022, dated March 1,4, 1882'.

Application filed october 25,1880. (No moda.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT C. RICHARD'- sON, a citizen ot' the United-States, residing at South Frankfort, in the county ot'Benzie and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haine-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such asrwill enable others skilled in the y lo art to which it alfipertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures oi' reference marked thereon, which form a part otthis specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hame-fasteners for which Letters Patent ot' the United States No. 227,384 were granted to me May ll, 1880. In said patented device two double snapfhooks were employed in conneczo, tiwon with an elongated U-shaped frame to engage with and secure the lower ends of the hames around the collar. In said device the open sides of the snap-hooks were upwardv toward the haines and collar, and snaps or plate- 2 5 springs became necessaryto prevent the ends ot' the haines from being drawn from the hooks. By my present improvement I dispense with the double snap-hooks and U-shaped frame, and have materially modied the construction 3o in several .other respects, as will further appear by reference to the accompanying draw ings, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section in position for securing the hame around the collar. Fig. 2 represents a side view in position for attaching the hooks to the haines preparatory to securing them together around the collar. Fig. 3 represents a top view ofthe device with hooks released.

The frame M is constructed of two plates, A and B. One end of plate Bis provided with two walls, C C,which servc as bearings for theplate Vor side A, and also to retain the spiral spring l) in place. The plates or sides A and B are retained in contact by rods E,whieh rods also serve as places of attachment for the hooks F and G. The hook F is formed in shape resembling the letter S, its ends being turned in opposite directions. It is loosely attached to the rods E, 5o and may be moved from one rod to another, nearer to or farther from the end of the frame, as may be required in adjusting the fastener l to collars of different sizes. I-Iook G is permanently attached to rivet or rod E', upon which it is loosely fitted.

H H represent the haines as secured by the fastener. It is obvious that as the openings in the hooks are downward, and that as the ten dcncy of the draft of the haines is upward or in the opposite direction, the hames are not liable 6o to become detached .from the hooks, and snaps or springs become unnecessary,whilein my said patented device the openings of the hooks are upward, and snaps or springs are necessarily required to prevent the hooks from becoming '65 detached from the haines. Hook F is provided with loop I, which serves as a place of attach ment-for pole or bell straps.

To operate this device the hooks F and G are inserted in the llame-buckles, as shown in Fig. 2, the lower end of the frame is drawn upward against the hook G, in the position shown in Figgl', when the hook or keeper J engages with the sliding latch K and secures the haines y around the collar. To unfasten the haines the knob L is operated to withdraw the latch,when the hooks may be detached from the buckles and the hames removed from the collar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 8o Patent, is

1. In llame-fasteners, the combination ofthe frame having sides A B, inclosing-walls C C, bolt or latch K, and spring D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In haine fasteners, the combination of frame M, S-shaped hook F, provided with loop I, and hook G, as permanently secured upon rod E', the respective ends ot' said hooks being inclined downward from the haines, substan- 9c tiall y as and for the purpose specified.

3. The frame M, the hook G, pivoted therein and provided near its free end with a catch, J, i shaped as described, and a spring-lock provided with a latch, K, arranged to engage at its forward end with the catch, all in combination substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

ALBERT c. RICHARDSON( Witnesses:

JAs. B. ERWIN,

ALBERT KNOLT. 

